Climate averages 1991–2020
Ranchi weather
in April.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Ranchi: daytime highs average 35.5°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saunda (36 km away). In April its highs average 36.8°C, 1.3°C warmer than Ranchi, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Ranchi ranks joint 476th of 692 for the warmest April highs and joint 475th of 692 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 692 cities is 36.0°C; Ranchi is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 36.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 53 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ranchi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 16 | 3.0 | 10.911 h |
| February | 26.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 19 | 3.4 | 11.411 h |
| March | 31.0°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 23 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 35.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 24 | 5.4 | 12.713 h |
| May | 36.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 53 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| June | 32.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 242 | 20.6 | 13.514 h |
| July | 28.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 337 | 28.2 | 13.413 h |
| August | 28.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 310 | 28.1 | 12.913 h |
| September | 28.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 204 | 21.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 69 | 9.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 11 | 1.5 | 11.011 h |
| December | 22.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 9.5 | 1.5 | 10.711 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Saunda in AprilIndia · 36 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Rāmgarh in AprilIndia · 39 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Hazāribāgh in AprilIndia · 72 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 20.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Phusro in AprilIndia · 85 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Bokāro in AprilIndia · 93 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Chas in AprilIndia · 93 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Bhetia in AprilIndia · 105 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Puruliya in AprilIndia · 108 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 30 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ranchi) is explained once on the Ranchi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.